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Compare and contrast with [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]] and [[Hated Hometown]]. Related to [[Grass Is Greener]], which is about someone in bad conditions dreaming of going to a better place. See also [[Farm Boy]], [[Ordinary High School Student]]. Often seen in stories set in [[Dying Town|Dying Towns]], perhaps ones with [[Small Town Rivalry]].
Often, however, leads to [[An Aesop]] about [[Home, Sweet Home]] and appreciating what you've got. A common subtype is leaving the [[Close
When this happens in a musical, expect a [["Somewhere" Song]] or a [[Wanderlust Song]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Naota says "[[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]]" in the first episode of ''[[FLCL]]''. [[Tempting Fate|Naturally]], he's quickly proven wrong...
* Many children (and some adults) in the [[Pokémon]] universe.
* Rita in ''[[El Cazador de la Bruja]]'' desperately wants to escape her small town and go to the big city.
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* Corrie Swanson in [[Agent Pendergast|Still Life with Crows]].
* The book [[The Dark Side of Nowhere]] starts out with the protagonist thinking like this. Then he discovers that he and most people in the town are actually a race of aliens gearing up for a full-scale invasion.
* The mother in the novel [[Anywhere But Here]].
* In the novel ''[[Dandelion Wine]]'', one of the characters is complaining about just this when the Lonely One returns.
* The main reason Zoe in ''[[Saving Zoe]]'' decides to try to become a model. {{spoiler|It leads to her death.}}
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* The song "Small Town" from Lou Reed and John Cale's eulogy for Andy Warhol, ''Songs For Drella''.
* ''Texas In My Rearview Mirror'' by Mac Davis. He inverts the trope in the final verse, though, realizing that he was happiest in the small town.
* ''Thunder Road'', ''Born to Run''... Basically, a lot of stuff by Bruce Springsteen.
* ''Every Day Is Like Sunday'' by Morrissey, about a seaside town they forgot to close/bomb down.
* "Something To Do" by [[Depeche Mode]]. The singer, living in a factory town, is "going crazy from boredom" and says "it's a wonder this town doesn't sink".
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